Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to predicting an estimated time of arrival for an equipment via a railroad. In particular, the technology disclosed relates to inputting to a trained machine learning model, a shipment data that includes a starting location for a particular trip and a destination location for the particular trip, and predicting, using the trained machine learning model, the estimated time of arrival of the equipment at the destination location for the particular trip when no historical trip data exists for the particular trip.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for predicting an estimated time of arrival for an equipment at a destination location via a railroad network. The method includes inputting to a trained machine learning model, a shipment data that includes a starting location for a particular trip and a destination location for the particular trip. The method includes predicting, using the trained machine learning model, the estimated time of arrival of the equipment at the destination location for the particular trip when no historical trip data exists for the particular trip. The trained machine learning model can use an ensemble of tree models for the predicting of the estimated time of arrival of the equipment at the destination location. The ensemble of tree models can sequentially combine predictions of multiple tree models arranged in a sequence of models.

Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting an estimated time of arrival for an equipment at a destination location are disclosed. The method includes inputting to a trained machine learning model a starting location, the destination location and at least one event data, generated in response to an event during a trip of the equipment via the railroad from the starting location to the destination location. The machine learning model is trained using a plurality of historical shipment route data. A particular historical shipment route data comprises at least a location and a corresponding timestamp. The method includes predicting, using the trained machine learning model, the estimated time of arrival of the equipment at the destination location.

Abstract: A device and method for performing a printing plate change on a plate cylinder of a printing press is disclosed. The device includes a rolling element featuring several rollers for pressing at least one printing plate on the plate cylinder during a printing plate change. A strip bearing several alignment elements extends parallel to the rolling element, where a printing plate can be aligned true-to-register between every two adjacent alignment elements before the printing plate is clamped in a lockup slot of the plate cylinder.

Abstract: A printing press cylinder having a cylinder base body and a functional layer, which forms an outer surface of the printing press cylinder, is disclosed. The cylinder base body is made of phenolic resin impregnated textile fibers or of hardboard.

Abstract: A method for handling printing plates, namely for arranging printing plates in cassettes that are used as printing plate repositories during a printing plate change, is disclosed. Each printing plate is assigned a coding before, during or after imaging relating to a plate cylinder position of a printing couple at which the respective printing plate is used. Each imaged and coded printing plate is transported to the region of a cassette. In the region of each cassette, the coding of the printing plates is read out, and in doing so a check is made to see whether the printing plates are located at the correct cassette. If it is established that the printing plates are located at the correct cassette, a defined accommodation position in the cassette is released for each printing plate and the printing plate is positioned at this accommodation position within the cassette.

Abstract: A device and method for performing a printing plate change on a plate cylinder of a printing press is disclosed. The device includes a rolling element featuring several rollers for pressing at least one printing plate on the plate cylinder during a printing plate change. A strip bearing several alignment elements extends parallel to the rolling element, where a printing plate can be aligned true-to-register between every two adjacent alignment elements before the printing plate is clamped in a lockup slot of the plate cylinder.

Abstract: A printing plate for a printing machine, more preferably for a reel-fed rotary printing machine, is disclosed. The plate has a plate-like main body serving as a subject carrier, with a leading end which is angled-off relative to the main body, and with a trailing end which is angled-off relative to the main body where the printing plate can be mounted or placed on a form cylinder of a printing machine via the leading end and the trailing end, and where the leading end and the trailing end are symmetrically angled-off relative to the main body such that the leading end and the trailing end enclose an approximately identical angle with one side of the main body. The leading end and the trailing end each enclose an angle between 85° and 90° with the side of the main body.

Abstract: A printing unit of a rotary printing press with a transfer cylinder and a form cylinder interacting with the transfer cylinder is disclosed. The body length of the transfer cylinder and the form cylinder corresponds to six horizontal or upright print pages and the transfer cylinder has two channels offset by 180° in the circumferential direction to accommodate printing blankets. Two or three printing blankets are arranged next to one another in the longitudinal direction of the transfer cylinder. With the arrangement of two printing blankets, one printing blanket is twice as wide as the second printing blanket and the printing blankets each are attached in one of the two channels offset by 180°. With the arrangement of three printing blankets, two adjacent printing blankets are attached in a channel and the third printing blanket is attached in the offset channel.

Abstract: A system and method for fully automatic unpacking of a printing-paper roll is disclosed. The system includes a) a station for automatic removal of end cover packagings from a packed printing-paper roll, b) a station for automatic severing of the circumferential packaging on a printing-paper roll, c) a station for automatic removal of the severed circumferential packaging, and d) a conveying device which moves a packed printing-paper roll automatically into the station for removal of the end cover packagings, automatically moves the printing-paper roll from the station for removal of the end cover packagings into the station for severing the circumferential packaging, automatically moves the printing-paper roll from the station for severing the circumferential packaging into the station for removal of the circumferential packaging, and moves the unpacked printing-paper roll automatically out of the station for removal of the circumferential packaging.